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Cake and music - together at last

Just when we thought we'd seen and tasted it all, Ginger & The Whisks came along and combined two of life's greatest pleasures: cake and music. The London bespoke cake company from classically trained pastry chef Natalie Glock makes beautiful celebration cakes inspired by her musical heroes.

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'When it came to creating a cake collection, I knew two things - the cakes needed to taste incredible and that I'd be naming them after my rock star heroes.'

To be clear, these are not theme cakes. They are proper, weak-in-the-knees good. Patti (as in Smith) is a subtle blend of pistachio, rose and pistachio French buttercream. If anyone was going to upstage the bride at a wedding, it would be Patti.

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Looking at the other 'muses', which are made with ingredients like homemade salted caramel, bronzed cocoa nibs and vanilla French buttercream - it's obvious Natalie learned from the best, namely Paul A Young and Le Cordon Bleu in London, where she trained after quitting her job in journalism and living in Paris for a stint. Since then, she has made desserts for Selfridges, been name-checked in Time Out, and made cakes for some very cool east London weddings. You might also recognise her from this David Bowie brownies recipe.

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Incidentally, Ziggy (as in Stardust) is another cake on offer - along with Stevie, Debbie and Viv. Natalie also does bespoke cakes, but for those having trouble choosing, the 'Supergroup' option has a tier of each flavour. And while the cakes are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by their namesakes, Viv Albertine of The Slits gave her cake (Morello cherry, chocolate and Chantilly cream) a retweet. If music be the food of love, rock - and bake - on.